New CSO appointments in India

Here is a comprehensive list of CISO/CSO movements and new appointments in the cybersecurity space in 2019.

With cybersecurity taking centre stage across the enterprise, the role of the CISO is becoming increasingly complex and challenging, but exciting, nonetheless. We recognize the fact that it’s imperative for the new age CISO to stay updated on new appointments and executive movements in the world of cybersecurity.

CISO Movements is an ongoing compilation through which you can keep track of security heads on the move. If you’d like to share or contribute to news on security executive movements, feel free to drop a mail to soumik_ghosh@idgindia.com.

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CISO appointments, Mar. 2020

Rajesh Hemrajani appointed CISO at Paytm Payments Bank

Name:Rajesh Hemrajani

Designation:CISO

Company: Paytm Payments Bank

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Rajesh Hemrajani, CISO at Paytm Payments Bank

Former CISO at IDFC FIRST Bank, Rajesh Hemrajani has joined Paytm Payments Bank as the Chief Information Security Officer.

He has over 28 years of experience in framing corporate information and cybersecurity policies & procedures, setting security standards for IT infrastructure, risk assessment, and developing business continuity plans and service standards.

At IDFC First Bank, Hemrajani managed four global information security functions and verticals with an 85-member team of skilled cybersecurity and risk professionals. He was a winner of the CSO100 Award in 2019.

CISO appointments, Feb. 2020

Former CISO at YES Bank, Rajesh Thapar joins OakNorth as Head of IT and InfoSec

Name:Rajesh Thapar

Designation:Head of IT and InfoSec

Company: OakNorth

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Rajesh Thapar, Head-IT & InfoSec at OakNorth Bank

Former CISO at YES Bank, Rajesh Thapar has been appointed as the Head of IT and Information Security at OakNorth. OakNorth is a UK Bank providing loans to small and mid-sized businesses in the UK. A veteran CISO in the banking space, Thapar has extensive expertise in ISO 27001, IT Strategy, Management, Pre-sales, and Management Information Systems (MIS).

Prior to working at YES Bank, Thapar was with IBM India as Information Security and Risk Management Lead, delivering IT security and risk management functions across manifold strategic outsourcing clients. He has also worked with Citigroup Global Services (now TCS eServe) and IDBI Bank.

CISO appointments, Dec. 2019

Former SVP - Head of Information Technology & Cybersecurity at ENAM, Kiran Belsekar joined Aegon Life as Vice President - Information Security. Belsekar has accrued over 16 years of experience in IT services in BPOs & KPOs, manufacturing, retail, banking, life insurance & the media domain.

He has proven his expertise in managing IT, information security & risk management, IT operations, IT infrastructure, ERP, managing IT budgets, and enterprise mobility solutions. In addition, Belsekar has demonstrated the ability to work in established organizations as well as startups.

CISO appointments, Nov. 2019

Former Sr. GM-Information Technology at WNS Global Services, Allwyn Pereira, joins SPi Global as Head of IT Security

Name: Allwyn PereiraDesignation: Head of IT SecurityCompany: SPi Global

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Allwyn Pereira at CSO100 Awards by IDG India

Allwyn Pereira has joined SPi Global as Head of IT Security. Pereira is an ISACA-certified Information Security Manager and was the Sr. Group Manager - Information Technology at WNS Global Services.

Prior to joining WNS, Pereira was the Director of Information Technology at Sutherland Global Services, where he worked for over 4.5 years.

Amit Jaokar, who was previously Head of Technology at Motilal Oswal Financial Services, has been appointed as the Chief Digital Officer & Chief Information Security Officer at NKGSB Bank.

A seasoned IT professional, Jaokar is passionate about creating business opportunities for the connected world. He has expertise in cloud computing, mobility, virtualization, IT infrastructure, IoT, digitization, BYOD and information security.

Former CISO at Aegon Life Insurance, Fal Ghancha joined DSP Mutual Fund in October 2019. In his current role, he is solely responsible for information and cybersecurity governance, policies & processes, security audits, formulating business continuity plan, and running disaster recovery drills. He won the CSO100 Award in 2019 as well as in 2018.

Prateek Mishra was the CISO at IDBI Federal Life Insurance prior to joining IIFL Wealth. He has experience in various domains of information security and has worked with companies like Reliance Industries and HDFC Bank, in addition to his stint at IDBI.

The former Chief Information and Security Officer at Acko General Insurance, Shashank Bajpai, is now the security chief at Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India (ECGC).

He brings more than a decade of experience in the information security domain, with an extensive background in leading corporate IT infrastructure strategy, creating an end-to-end infosec risk posture, and implementing key cybersecurity policies and controls.

Former IT Head and CISO of Marvel Data Services, Deepak Kalambkar has joined SafexPay as the AVP-Infrastructure. At Safexpay, Kalambkar is responsible for the total Infrastructure and the compliance of ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS.

He shared that at SafexPay, he would be looking after the total Infrastructure and also play parts of the CISO's role. In a career spanning over two decades, he has previously worked at Progressive Infotech, Nextstep Infotech, Seeinfobiz, CMS Computers and Alphabetic Business Machines.

The former head of IT infra and security operations at TransUnion CIBIL, Shiju Rawther has now joined financial services major, India Infoline as Executive VP-IT.

With close to two decades of experience accrued across India’s top companies like Sify, Wipro Infotech and Fullerton India Credit Company, Rawther has bagged the prestigious CIO100 as well CSO100awards in 2016 and 2018 respectively. He is also an advisory board member of CSO Online.

Prior to joining Nissan, Basuu headed security, risk and governance functions for industry majors such as OCWEN Financial, SLK Global and contributed her career to MetLife and Infosys Technologies in leading roles.